This site is about the Big Brother 14 feeds and contains spoilers! It isn't necessarily thorough: it's what I catch and/or what interests me, and it isn't necessarily about who will win, who should win, who's cute or who's horrid. It's about watching hamsters: who's doing what and why. If they aren't entertaining, get rid of 'em! Thanks for encouraging my behavior. Your pal, dingo

POWER STATUS
Hamsters moved into the habitat July 7
Somebody is HOH
Somebody might be nominated

BB14 PRE-FEEDS DRINKING GAME
Take a swig whenever someone says we want feeds for these first days - I'll say it first to start you off

Big Brother Buddy

But BBB is a nice companion app for the feeds, or a nice way to keep tabs on them when you're at work, school, family functions or whatever (or if you're too cheap to shell out $30 to get them)

Big Brother Buddy is free for Android, iPhone or iPad devices and includes HOH/nomination/veto status as well as comp results and other news, along with tweets from selected BB Twitters & hashtags, recommended Flashback items, and other goodies

You can also upgrade to the premium version from within the app to get instant push notifications of comp results and other breaking news so you don't have to be constantly checking Twitter to see who won a veto or whether a fight's breaking out.. the premium version also gives you a quads screencap every 15 minutes so you can easily find out if it's a good time to fire up the feeds or if they're all still sleeping

Again, the basic app is free and available here from iTunes and Google Play.. the upgrade is only one measly dollar until Wednesday - after that, it's just two bucks.. dingo says go get it

And speaking of discounts, you only have until 10pm Wednesday to save $10 on Big Brother 14 live feeds to catch all the live action in the hamster habitat 24/7 before CBS turns it into something else to put on TV a few days later (and to see everything that never makes it to the show, which is a LOT).. the feeds will start Thursday night after the premiere ends in the west at 10pm Pacific/1am Eastern, and mobile feeds won't be live until then either.. Big Brother After Dark on SHO2 kicks off at the same time

Guest post: First impressions by @BestBBEver

Janelle was going to do a post for me again this year with her first impressions of the cast, but now she's occupied elsewhere ("in Greece") so alas, we'll have to do without her for a few more days, but I'm happy to welcome some additional guest posters this season! First up is BestBBEver - please to enjoy

Hello all my fellow Big Brother addicts! I am scrambling to fib my schedule free so that I can enjoy my favorite summer guilty pleasure in peace and I may be a little late but here are my first impressions. I have not looked at anyone else's, although I would love to, I just haven't had time. It will be interesting to see how mine hold up or compare with other contributors.

I have been mildly disappointed in every season since BB6, still the pinnacle for me but I do have high hopes for this season even with the lame "mentor" twist. God, when will they quit with the twists & realize that BB gold happens when you throw humans in a house together with nothing to do but entertain US! Let the games begin:

Jojo SpataforaFrom her photo: Dear Jojo, please do not attempt to recreate some nasty faux jersey housewife personna or worse, some gawdawful Snookie bs. Both of those are done to death so please be yourself & ps. tone down the makeup. What are you trying to hide? Is life in the Garden State really that traumatic?

From her video: "Like I speak very fluent italian & I've been way too busy watching myself in the mirror to be troubled with a strategy or a plan." Please. Type-casting 101 & may I just say Bye-Bye from every other big-boobed-bimbette that left the game 1st, 2nd or 3rd. And uber boring which is her biggest crime.

Kara MonacoFrom her photo: Desperate. 29 is not old but in Orlando Disney years it is ancient so she may be in a panic to "make something happen." She needn't be. She is lovely & kind & her life will continue to be blessed with the largesse that is always afforded pretty people. Yawn city if she doesn't have some kind of personality to back up that 'purty' smile.

From her video: Playboy bimbette goes Disney? Hilarious!!! Britney will either make her the target of her vicious, vile hatitude or they will be besties & recreate the Monet/Britney hate club. Boring. Unless she gives us drunk slutty Barbie, I call boring & out early.

Shane MeaneyFrom his photo: Puhleease! Can you say "trying too hard?" Dial back the teeth whitener & the scruff & the ridiculous five-years-too-late hairdo. Pick ONE trend, not twenty ya doofus. Plus, I am getting the stench of BITTER, table for one. Like this dude was so cock-sure he was going to rule the world by now & he is flipping houses? His ego is his worst enemy. O & please burn that freekin beyond-ugly yellow shirt, ok?

From his video: Has a lot going on? So much that he dropped it all to spend his summer on Big Brother? Loser dude from ego-hell. Oh, and a college degree in personal training? Harvard & I collectively sigh. What a tool. Jeff on steroids without the redeeming fast quips. If I have to spend the summer watching him suck up to Britney or worse, watch married Britney flirt with him, I will demand my life back from Grodner.

Wil HeuserFrom his photo: Fabio, your heir & hair apparent has arrived! Granted, he will have a hokey southern accent rather than a mildly sexy euro-trash one but if he keeps his mouth shut he could GO. ALL. THE. WAY. But he won't keep his mouth shut will he? Not a chance, not for this fun loving, opinionated sex boy-toy. No sirreee, you better know girlfriend that this guy is going to bring it with a SNAP and a big diva Z!

From his video: Fascinating. I am hooked. I have no clue what direction our token queen is going to go in but I am along for the ride, No. Matter. What. I love him! I could do without the bad drugstore hi-lights but if that is the only flaw I could find YAY YAY YAY FOR THE GAY!!! A young, gorgeous gay Renny? God I love Big Brother, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Kassting!!! But he better bring the funny, I could not make it all the way through his video although I watched more of his than any other. I hope he wins and with his athletic skills, it could happen!

Willie HantzFrom his photo: Could it be? Is there a relatively sane member of the Hantz family and will we get to know him this summer on Big Brother? Not even a chance. The smiling face and sparkly eyes seem almost innocent but the red shirt, modified mohawk & last name all portend a force of nature that will either entertain all summer or be the first evicted.

From his video: Was not prepared for him to be attractive. Either I need a shrink appointment STAT or I am losing my eyesight. OMG, I haven't paused or stopped his video. I do not believe he is going to be the most interesting, sexy player. Am I on drugs? I love that he has a plan of "divide and conquer" and is too stupid to call it that. LOVE his shifty looks at the camera. Could be the best fun of the summer & if Boogie falls for him & follows him around like a puppy; BONUS. Sweet BB karma.

Ashley IoccoFrom her photo: NO NO NO NO NO, not another Rachel. Please NO. I hope I am wrong. I championed Rachel during her first season simply because Britney's cruel mean-girl bullying was beyond the pale but ONE RACHEL is more than enough.

From her video: Look how wrong I can be. Not anything like Rachel, more like a strange new-age version of Janelle & Britney, please dear God, more Janey than Britney, please. Lots of drama & lots of sippy nipple slips in our future (wait. isn't that the definition of Rachel? SMH) if she doesn't get kicked to the curb 1st, 2nd or third. Could be fun but is she a competitor? I hope so. She wants to love everyone so either her porn tapes will surface soon or we have another season 9 clinger on our hands. Little girl lost is not a strategy, SHUT UP! Uh-oh, I am yelling at her before the game starts, NOT a good sign.

Danielle MurphreeFrom her photo: Be afraid, be very afraid. This photo has all the hallmarks of a devious, conniving, sorority-girl-beauty-queen type. Think brittle Britney without the peroxide. I pray to the God she will tell us all about, that I am wrong but that pageant pose and pancake makeup speak volumes.

From her video: Oh, completely missed the nurse occupation. Perhaps there is hope for her. Why not? If someone hides her makeup bag I fear a complete meltdown; other than that, Boring Boring Boring. She knows she is smart & I will bet money she is not. She is on a freekin summer reality show. Boring & stupid does not make for good viewing & she just used the "morals & integrity" clause. Oy to the vey kick her out now!

Frank EudyFrom his photo: O mother of god! He doesn't have a clue and neither do I. This has got to be the first unemployed slacker from Arkansas with faux pearly whites. Did Big Brother make him do that? Does he have family money? If he does have money, why didn't he spend it on a decent haircut & better clothes... Wait a minute. Is that a stoner wearing a plaid polo oxford? All bets are off on this trust fund wannabe. Definitely not a good decision maker or a leader, lets hope for the class clown schtick.

From his video: Oh god, an uber fan. The rat returns in stoners clothing. Boring. I'm done with him before the feeds or the game begin. Have a feeling the house will feel the same way.

Ian TerryFrom his photo: Love him, love him, love him. Maybe I am projecting the intelligence of James Franco & the good looks of Orlando Bloom onto a geek but it is my guilty pleasure & I get my eye candy where I can. Shy, funny & intelligent? Take me to the way-back-machine and register me for classes at Tulane, STAT! Please let me style him when this is all over, please can I Mommy, please? And please Mommy, please let him lean towards dry intelligent humor not sad geek humor like that uber fan/geek, what was his name, you know, the rat?

From his video: OMG, I fell asleep before he finished his first sentence. Please dear BB gods, give him booze or viagra or speed or something! But.... I can't wait to see how he tries to maintain his "integrity." Ha & double HA! And I do like that he likes Matt from BB12. One of my faves.

Jenn ArroyoFrom her photo: Clearly the "Nakomis" cast member but I say NO. Anyone willing to spend that much money on tired permanent ink does not have the sense that god gave a gnat or our Gnat who is the former BB houseguest I fear Jenn will remind us of the most. (Long grammatically incorrect sentence, sorry.) This Jenn, short for Jennifer, also Nakomis' real name, is sad and bitter. "Where is my music career? Where is all the money I blew on tats & blow? Where is the baby I forgot to have and the husband I chased away? Issues with a capital I I I I I I I, meaning it is all about ME. Her, not me! I hope I am wrong & she is funny & charming. HA!

From her video: Exactly what I expected. Sad. And I will not be able to look at those eyebrows all summer. No, I will not. I do like that she is not an uber fan & I hope she has some good sippy antics up her tat sleeves. Other than that, I fear she will be a very freudian roller-coaster from hell. Gorgeous skin. Really gorgeous.

Jodi Rollins From her photo: Pretty. Nicely dressed. Bright smile. All a facade. Jodi will bake some of her feces into a fudge pie and serve it to you a la mode without batting an eye. She has seen it all & been there, done that & is destined to get really angry at the filth privileged white kids generate & blithely ignore. Will make it far only because she will be ignored and is too smart to pull a Chima or a Marcellas. Yes, I mentioned two of the minority houseguests because clearly Jodi is this summer's token. If she can get through the summer without getting drunk and humping pillows and shouting about her "needs" she might rival Danielle for best minority player on Big Brother & be the first to win it all. You go Girl!

From her video: Uh-oh a newlywed. She may have "needs." She also referenced chess so maybe she will be the Black Queen that Kalia promised but never brought! She is a fan of Danielle so I got that right but dullsville on the "conversating." Please let her personality pop out before those bodacious boobs pop out! Oh sass city, yeah, bring it girl....... I see her & Britney going at it unless they somehow end up on the same team, even then we might see some great fireworks! Bite that brittle bitch Jodi!!!

Joe ArvinFrom his photo: To quote from the lyrics of my favorite Talking Heads song:
I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

You start a conversation you can't even finish it
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
Say something once, why say it again?

From his video: I couldn't find one. Does God really love me after all?

Well kids, that is my first impression of the new Big Brother 14 houseguests and while I am not overly optimistic and already dreading a summer of Britney's bitchery, I am definitely looking forward to Mommy Janey and this kast! I am as addicted to Big Brother as ever & please if there is going to be a Big Brother arrest on camera, please let it be Boogie, when his anonymous Craigslist sugar daddy discovers him on TV & "fingers" him for stealing his stash of rare phallic symbols.

And thank you Hamsterwatch for all that you do for us all summer!!!

Thank you! I think we may have found the Joan Rivers of BB. Check the many links below for pics & video to see if you agree, and be sure to follow BestBBEver on Twitter for more of the same this summer.. note that a video for Joe finally surfaced from CBS today

Know your hamsters

I'm going to let this ride for a bit until I finish my pre-season ratings (yes I'm terribly late), as there's a lot of clicks to work your way through, and there will be a quiz.. it's all but confirmed by Julie that the four has-beens are Janelle, Dan, Boogie, and Britney

NEWS & UPDATES

Big Brother 14 premieres July 12 at 9pm on CBS. Feeds will start when it ends in the west. The air schedule will be Sundays 8pm, Wednesdays 8pm, live eviction Thursdays 9pm.

The Glass House has added six hours of feeds to their schedule this week - coincidence? I think not. The new blocks are 9pm to midnight ET (6 to 9pm PT) Tuesdays & Wednesdays, on top of the current free live stream that runs 11pm to 3am ET (8pm to midnight PT) Mondays, and 3pm to 4pm ET (noon to 1pm PT) Tuesdays through Thursdays.

Good grief, let's just call it what it most likely (99.9%) is: Janelle, Dan, Britney and Boogie will return to the habitat this summer in the role of mentors. That remaining 1% will come from Julie on Thursday.

Brenchel are coming back to TV again on a home-buying show on HGTV (owned by CBS).

BB's casting director Robyn Kass will also head up casting for Big Brother Canada, which premieres in February on Slice. No word yet if they'll have feeds or not.

You can still rewatch the BB13 feeds on SuperPass, plus they continue to generate lots of original Big Brother and other reality content. From now through July 11, a three-month subscription is 25% off and includes Flashback, mobile for iPhone, iPad, and Android phones, and $10 worth of free music every month: sign up now to save $10!